2012 Finalist
Kristin McFarlaneWest Essendon, Victoria, Australia
Typographic Specimens: Lost Words
Selective laser sintered glass, silver leaf, kiln formed and blown glass
19 H x 48 W x 14 D cm
Language is constantly changing and evolving; words are archived from use and become mere etymological artefacts.
This piece showcases three 'Lost Words'. By creating them in glass through a new process called selective laser sintering, these words are preserved as typographic specimens.
Photographer: David McArthur
All entries as Finalist
Biography
Kristin McFarlane
East Ringwood, Victoria, Australia
Born
1968 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Education
- 2004, Master of Fine Arts (Glass), Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 2001, Graduate Diploma (Glass), Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 1993, Bachelor of Arts (Graphic Design), Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Solo Exhibition
- 2011, Typecast, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Group Exhibition
- 2013, Light in Winter Exhibition, Kirra Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Public/Private Collections
- Private Collection of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan
- Australian of the Year Recipient Award Commission (2005-2013), Australia
- National Art Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
- Bombay Sapphire Foundation, United Kingdom
- City of Moreland Collection, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Monash University Art Collection, Berwick Campus, Monash University, Berwick, Victoria, Australia
- Various Private Collections
Awards/Grants
- 2012, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2012, Travel Grant, Ian Potter Cultural Trust, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 2012, Recipient - artVision 2012 Studio Glass Prize, Arts Council of Mansfield, Mansfield, Victoria, Australia
- 2011, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2010, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2010, Finalist, Libris Awards, Artspace Mackay, Mackay, Queensland, Australia
- 2008, New Work Grant (Emerging Artist), Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
- 2007, Selected Entry, Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award, Jutta Cuny-Franz Foundation, Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- 2006, Finalist, Bullseye E-merge, Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, Oregon, United States
- 2004, Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia
- 2004, Craft-in-Site Grant, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- 2003, 1st Prize, Student Exhibition, Ausglass, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
- 2003, Postgraduate Travel Grant, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
